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My name is Kerri McCaffrey. I am a parent, a transgender teacher of 5th grade in a NJ public school, and poet. I love life, and want to share this love with others. Nature has helped heal me over the years I struggled with my gender. But, like a butterfly emerging from the darkness of the chrysalis, I have found air. While being a transgender teacher made it difficult to become "Kerri", I persevered, and am so glad I did. My poetry changed after my transition. Well, it changed so much that there aren't words. Okay, here are two attempts at words--more authentic.
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Interview of Transgender New Jersey Poet/Teacher Kerri Nicole McCaffrey

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Kerri Nicole McCaffrey Releasing Walpack and Such Poetry!

Scroll Down For Phil Garber’s Amazingly Well Written Piece! (link)

 

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Captions– above:  1.  Cover of poet Kerri Nicole McCaffrey’s new Walpack Poetry book (photo by Umesh Bhatt).  2. The schoolhouse in Walpack Center, NJ.  3.  The historical sign in Walpack Center, NJ.  4. Below, Poet Kerri Nicole McCaffrey poses in the Walpack one room schoolhouse.

Here it is!  Just click below for Observer Tribune Piece!

NJ Hills Article by Phil Garber on Kerri Nicole McCaffrey

Click the above link (green) for an excellent article Phil Garber did on my upcoming poetry book, Walpack and Such–Poetry.  Enjoy.  I added some pics, too. One is of me in the Walpack One-Room Schoolhouse!

Kerri in Walpack Schoolhouse

Kerri in the one room schoolhouse she writes about!